The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-17 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. *** We are sorry that we mislaid an account of a Cause tried at the Devon Summer Assizes before Mr. justice GR A. SI Ast ; but without distrusting the. accuracy of our Cor respondent, it is never our pradice to insert ex parte state ments of such matters. SW ELDN A will perceive that we have availed ourselves of the suggestions contained in his Letter. The Fire at Covent-garden has not consumed the pitiful spleen that assailed KEMBLE on. account of his pronuncia tion of aches, though it is ustitied oy the usage of our hcs t dramatic Writers. The Article from Mr SOPYR es, which we intended to insert this day, is unavoidably delayed till to-morrow. MAILS. ARRIVED—t Lisbon, z. Dublin, i tV a ter ford. Dos-L-2.Gotienburgii, I Waterford. ' PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 66k jOranium Consols - - THE SUN. . z } dis. COLIM QUIS urcalez lALSUI4 AUDIAT LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1808. TH it Peacock Sloop of War has arrived at Plymouth with dispatches for Government. By her we have re- ceived Spanish Papers to the 7th inst. Gen. NEY, Who has assumed the command of the French Army, has retreated from Burgos, and its vicinity, with the whole of 'his Troops, amountittg to about 40,000 men. One of this divisions succeeded in re taking Bilboa; but the ' '' t aiittnish, Garrison effeCted their retreat, with all their baggage, ammunition, &c. The main body of the Spanish Army was advancing, and an aflion was daily expeCted to take place. The Corunna Paper of the 4th contra diets the report of the re-capture of Bilboa, by the French, but we fear there is no doubt of the fa&. The Intelligent Gun Brig has arrived at Plymouth, with Dispatches from Lisbon, which place she left on.the . 2d instant. The second division of the French Troops sailed a few' days befbre, under convoy of the Africaine Frigate, on board of which the French General KELLERMAN was embarked. The Fleet on Ow passage encountered a dreadful storm, in which the Africaind lost her bowsprit, and received so much damage that she was obliged to put back to Lisbon. Several, of the Transports also received.con4iderable damage, and three of them foundered, and all' the troops on board, together with the crews, perished, except eight, which were picked hp by the 4fticaine. The whole Fleet was dispersed. FROM the intelligence which has been received from the Baltic, we are inclined to believe that all -intention is given up for the present of making an attack upon the Russian Fleet. We were led, from the statements in the Swedish Papers,. to. suppose that an attack, by means of Fire-ships, was practica ble; but it appears that the Russians had 'taken such measures for fortifying the entrance of the har bour, that it was not thought advisable to make the attempt. Indeed Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ,' in .his first dispatch, said he had but faint hopes of being able to succeed in his attack upon the Russian Fleet. It will be recolletiO, that in the Debate which took place upon the Catholic. Petition, in. May last, the Duke of NoaFoLic and Mr. GRATTAN stated, that they were authorized by the Catholics of Ireland to make a proposition, which, it was contended, would ,remove an objection which had been made, viz. that the nomination of their Bishops, and conse quently of the whole of their Clergy, was under the immediate sandlot) of - the Pope. The Proposition which the Duke of .I<IOIiFOLK and Mr. GRATTAN made, in the name of the 'Catholics, was, that they should lay before his Majesty a list , of three persons, of whom, if his Majesty should rejea two, the re twining one should be invested with the Episcopal Dignity. But if his Majesty should rejea all three, then anot her list of three (halo& persons should be submitted to his consideration, and so on till his Ma jesty.should signify his approbation of any individual, by allowing his name to reniain. At a late Meet ing, however, of the Roman Catholic Bishops, in Dublin, the following Resolntion was agreed to and published : 7 -- • " That it is the decided opinion of the Roman Catholic Prelates of Ireland here assembled, that it is inexpedient to introduce any alteration in the Canonical Mode hitherto ob. serval in the Lamination of Irish Roman Catholic Bishops; which mode long experience has proved to be unexception able, wise, .and salutary." This Resolution is in dire& contradiction to the proposition made by the Duke of NORFOLK and Mr. GRATTAN; it follows, therefore, either that the Roman Catholics have thought proper to retra& from the over which they instruaed the Duke and Mr. GRATTAN to make, or else that the latter made the proposition without being authorised by the Roman Catholics, A discucsiou of considerable warmth has already began between the advocates of the two parties, but the important fat still re mains to be cleared up, viz. whether the Duke and GRATTAN had or had not authority for the. pro position they made. The desperate retainers of Party are daily employ ing themselves in furious declamations, the purpose of which is, to identify Ministers with the Conven tion of Cintra, presuming that the Convention will be found deserving of all the opprobrium which the I Opposition Writers have thrown upon it ; and thus . prejudging and condemning what they hold forth as [ ; an obje6t for inquiry. These Writers absurdly con ceive that by such ridiculous attacks upon Mi nisters, they have a chance -of elevating their own Fadion into power. With this view they continue to revile Ministers on account of the answer returned by his Majesty to the Address from the City, as if his Majesty were not to .be suppoSed to have any sentiments of his own upon the subjed, and as if it were possible for his Majesty to avoid feeling a consciousness that, to - request him to adopt a measure which the.nature of the case pointed out as necessary, were not, in fad, an officious obtrusion. Yet nothing coold be more , mild than the manner in which his Majesty conveyed his sense of the diSresped that had been ()fired to him, and he signified his readineSs to institute the pro posed inquiry. Yet the FaCtion are not satisfied, be , cause nothing willsatisfy them but the removal of Mi nisters, in order to make way for themselves ; and they are labouring to excite other places to address the Throne for that which His MAJESTY has explicitly promised to grant. Can these perturbed spirits hope that such liinisy artifices will deceive the good sense of the Public . ? But it seems the instigators of the Petition from the City of London are determined to try what they can do to raise a spirit of discontent upon the Answergiven by His MAJESTY. We know, however, that some of the more respectable pro moters of the Petition are now satisfied that they , were too hasty, and regret that they were con cerned in such a measure. In Westminster, too, we flint. ..that. a Meeting is .to be convened upon the subject of the Convention, notwithstand ing that an assurance, has - been given from the Throne that the matter shall be fully investigated . Can it be possible then to impute the proposed•meets ing to any thing but the views of party, and a dis position to disturb the public peace ? To the mortifi cation of theselnal-contents, they will find that Mi nisters are determined to employ, all possible : zeal and industry in an inquiry into the business of 'the Con vention, and , to lose no time on the occasioh. We therefore, call upon the. good sense, the liberality, 'and the justice of English me n, t o di scoun t enance r all the maliAnant efforts of party to disturb the public mind, and thereby prevent the inquiry from pro ceeding with all that calmness and impartiality which ought - always to charaderize the investigation of whatever involves the national interest and ho nour. To prove that the Meeting proposed in Westminster is at least unnecessary, it is express ly stated, in the requisition to the High Bailiff, that it is " to consider of an. Address to be presented . to His Majesty, praying that-His Majesty will be gra ciously pleased to cause an Inquiry,"- &c. respeaing the Convention in Portugal. We are sorry to see some respedable names among thoSe who have signed this fiNuisition, beeause, after the answe r that has been given to the City of London, in which the object of suck? a Petition has ad ttally been con ceded, it is a' gross insult to the King to addres His Majesty on the pine occasion. Do these persons think that his Majesty is likely to retract his prOmie, or that Misnisters are disposed to throw any obstacles in the way of the royal -word ? The Meeting of Westminster, therefore, is not merely needless ; it is an affront to the royal' charader, and we hope that if it should take place, it will only be attended by those who will render such a Meeting as insigni ficant as it will be obviousVdisrespeelful,to a Mo narch who is always alive to the happiness of his People, and the honour of bis Throne. Saturday morning early the Duke of Yottx trans adeci business with the KING, at Windsor, after which he rode nut .with.him .and the PRINCESSES; stopped and dined with the QUEEN, and afterwards went to Oatlands. Yesterday Morning, his MAJESTY', Princesses Atr- GusTA and Am ELIA, accompanied by Lady . G. Mu It• RA Y, General FITZROY, Colonel DEsBEow, and Major PRICE, rode to St. George's Chapel', and heard a sermon, and afterwards returned to the Pa lace. By the last arrivals cram Cadiz; copies of a secOnd Address from the Governor, Don THOMAS MORLA, to the inhabitants of that city, andalso'of one from the Junta at Seville to th e Sp an i s h Colonists in South America, have been. received. They are written with that spirit and good sense, which are the per culiar charach'r.istics of all 'the produdions of the Spanish leaders and governments, but contain no thing new. - An application has been made to the. Portuguese Ambassador, to - obtain froth the Portuguk-se Govern ment the same permission fOr the importation of our cotton manutadures into Portugal, which has been recently granted by .the Government of -Spain, and there is, we uridl:ratitnd, every reason to ,calculate upon success. Private accountS.froin the Baltic repeat the repoti of SirJ. SAUMAREeN ; and.acjd, that fur nearly three weeks 'he bad not an 'hour's. steep 3-his medical attendants hadseciods apprehensions for his 'safety, and his own opinion was, he should not survive his - Baltic :•rt.ti?e, SPANISH PAPERS. MAORI!), 0cr.11.-,--The Supreme Junta of the Eng(tom has created another superior Military Council of War, consisting of Don TOMAS MORLA, Don F. X. CAsmNos, the Marquis DE cASTELAR, the Marquis DEL PILACIA, and Don A. BUERRO. We have the agreeable intelligence of two French regimenti having been taken ( * cogidas) in quality of hostages, for the Spanish troops which could not effe& .their escape with the Marquis DE LA ROMA.. NA, from Denmark. LISBON, SEPT. 24.—The day.before yesterday was a day of jubilee and satisfa6tion for the Spanish army, on account of having its arms delivered to it, on which occasion, salutes were fired from all the Eng lish Ships in the River. . Measures have been taken to remount_ the Spanish Cavalry on the same horses they brought to this Couiitry. Yesterday morning the English Commanders, both by sea and land, paid a visit to the Regency, and afterwards ,to the Spanish General. Every thing cOntinues m the greatest harmony between the three nations. COILUNNA, OCT. 6.—Bilboa is certainly in the hands of the French; who, it is said, entered it 32,000 strong ; General -NEY has the Command. The Marquis DE PORTEZZO withdrew his troop 4 and artillery in good order, taking a position which enables him to wait reinforcements without mole's; tation. EGEA DE LOS CABALLEROS, SEPT. s.—We learn that JOSEPH BOON APARTE is at Merando de Ebro, and his army encamped on the Banks of the Ebro. l i n Castilla they have 5000, • and ten leagues hence 4000 men./ Our look-out parties observe whatever their advanced posts are doing ; we also learn that the French are fortifying Bayonne with all expedition. (Ctittinsis - A TELEGRAPH, OCT. s.)—Details of the Operations of our Army, transmitted to the Most Se rene Junta, by his Excellency poll JoActonn BLARE, Commander in Chief " MOST EXCELLENT SENIOR, "'I have the honour of informing your Excellency of the singular proofs of valour which the troops under my command have evinced, in the re-capture of the city of Bilb.oa, which achievement would have been ,most complete, if the inadvertency of some of our advanced posts, who the preceding night fired. upon the enemy, had not given them an opportunity !of knowing our positions at a moment when _they were most ignorant of it, believing us to be tawny leagues distant. Aware thus of out.ariival, theylook a different determination, and it follOwv,t that they were not a!' made prisoners, as undouotetily would .otherwise have been tote case. " At half past three in the morning of the moth, Brigadier Don Manuel FABIA, set out with the van guard, ' consisting of two . Companies of the Regi ment of Babastro, the Trialleures of Toledo, and the Prince, the 2d battalion of grenadiers of the army, two of Toledo, and the regiment of Lago; to cut o ff the retreat of the Enemy at the new bridge . point necessary for the passage) but at a short distance. The Enemy commenced firing,- and. having crossed :he river, possessed theinselves of the • avenues ; notwithstanding this, forcing the passage, he continued his march, forbidding the troops to fire, and stationed himself behind a house. " Whilst these, movements were executing, the day began to break, and after forming, en battaille, the Regiment of Lugo, to support his fianx, he charged upon the enemy, who, from various points, commenced firing, - reducing the a6tion to a mere mountain warfare. " In the . mean time I ordered the rest of my troops to advance, which was the first battalion of grenadiers of the line, three companies of tirailleurs of Arragon, and the 2d of the Prince, leaving ,two companies of the third battalion of the last corps to cover a pass, and two other posts on a height. ordered also that four companies of Barbastro, and the tiraillenrs, should proceed to the vanguard, to re- - connoitre the ground on the right, the left, and the centre ; but observing the attack was well maintain at all points, I determined that the companies of Barbastra, as well as the grenadiers, should support the vanguard. " The resistance of the enemy was most obsti nate, but after three hours and a half firing, in which they lost from 350 to 400 men, in killed, wounded, 'and prisoners, they were obliged to retire precipitately, leaving, on the field of' battle knapr fiack, fusiis, and one ammunition waggon : part of t he regiment of Barbastro, with the Colonel at its .head, and the tiraleurs pissed the stone bridge, throwing themselves with the bayonet upon those who remained in the porcheS of the square firing, and, effe6ted their total flight j while, on the other hand, they were followed, and harassed in their re" tre conseqt ence of this, I proceeded to take po , ses-lon of Bilboa, which-, without suffering any thing, was witness-to the a& on, and caused to'revive in the. inhabitants the most lively joy and satisfae- Lion at seeing themselkefreefrom the cruel oppres-, •ion under which they had lived during the infarlac &minion of the French." ADVICES FROM THE ARMY OF GALICIA. It is not doubted here' that our advanced post inter cepted a Courier who came from Bayonne for Marshal BEss!ERES; among other intelligence; he brought that, of a reinforcement which was shortly to arrive. Our skilful .General was preparing to receive it with his brave artillery, his disciplined and warlike infantry a force which, added to the troops from the North, which will immediately join him, is competent to sustain the part which becomes it, And even to press the enemy and to compel him to abandon thesitn9 - tion he occupies, if it does not 'entirely de eat him. The most serene and faithful Kingdon (or Junta) of which incessantly watches for the public security, does not content itself with the. forcers which already are the terror of the French Eagles' , - but treat's of augmenting them by an Army of Re serve, to be compoied of 18,000 , men. . WEST LADIES. BRIDGE Town, BARBADOES, Auc. 30.—As we all along have had too much reason to. apprehend, an attempt has been at length made from -Guada loupe to surprise the garrison at iVlarigalante, and retake the Island. On the 23d instant, a party 01250 men, under Colonel CAMPBRIEL, of the tiCith regi7 meta of French infantry, effeeted a landing near Grand &burg, and proceeded to the attack of it ; .but before their approach to the battery,.Licat. Wu,Lati, of his Majesty's Ship Circe, having thrown in a reinforcement of twenty or thirty seamen, which he landed at 'the: moment of discovering the Coe my, they weie unexpectedly received, on attempt" ing to 'assault the , works, with. such spirit, as in stantly compelled them to give way, and after a short skirmish, retreated with the loss of one Cap' tain and six men killed, and two made prisoners. Three or four marines, , and one or two seamen, were killed on our part ; but the enemy hist all his boats, amounting to seventeen, which had brought the troops from Gaudaloupe, and was retired into the interior of the Islandifwhen the accounts 'Wei° dispatched from Marigalante. Although there ho hitherto been no military co-operation in the de fence and garrisoning of Marigalante (the responsi bility of the capture and retentiw) of the Island rest' ing exclusively with our Naval Cornmander,)• Lieut. General BECKWITI-1, on the information. of the enemy's attempt upon it being receiv e d h ere o n Sa turday afternoon, dispatched the same evening to its relief a small expedition under Lieut.-Colonel BLACKWELL, of the Ist West India Regiment' which was embarked with the greatest prompt'' tulle on board his Majesty's Ship- Infrepid, and has in all probability before this expelled the enemy' and restored the security .of the Island. A Court Martial was held on Thursday, on bos': 4 the itvelmck (Admiral DonoLAs's Flag-Ship). A; t armouth, on the Of aprd Crew of his MajeSt• ty's Ship Delphinen, lost on the 4th ofAtiguat st on the Coast o f Holland. Thst Court, after due IP" vestigation, was of opinion that the said Ship v" . lost from the neglei of the Master in not heaving the lead, and being asleep on his . watch. This Poo r fellow, whose name was Fleetwood, died, in copse' quenceot the loss of the Ship, of a broken heart, in Harlingen prison. He bore an excellent charaeler tor knoWledge of his protession, correctness, and so briet) ; and Captain HARWARD stated tv t he Court that it was the first instance of his inattention or negle&. It was supposed that he must have been, taken suddenly ill, or was excessively fatigued, fronl the circumstance of his lying down on the arrn-chest during Ms watch. The Officers anchCrew.were all acquitted ; 'and the Court came to a decision, that. the destrudion of the Delphinea, by burning her, was necessary, under all the circumstances of the case. His Royal Highness the Prince of. WAGES, attend: , ed by Colonel IlLoommELD, arrived at P orts mout h ste on Friday morning, and on his entering the wit ° the Garrison, a Royal salut e w as fi re d from sy. luting battery, and the R o yal stan d ar d wa s All the troops in Garrison at Portsmouth, well as General PORTER'S brigad e fr om G os p or t, were under orders to be in readiness to rec e iv e hitt); but s o boisterous was the day, th a t th e i r a tt en d an ce was dig pensed with. The Princ e a ligh te d a t th e house of the Lieutenant-Governor (the Governor not residing at Portsmouth), and was recei% ed by . Major-General Wil IT HAM, of the Guards, the Lieutenant-Governor; by Lieutenant-General .ELLIoT, of the Marines; . Major-General PORTER, M. I. c o m m a n di ng at Goa hoi ' port ; Major-General EVELEIGH, of the Engineers; Admiral MoNTAOuE, the Port .Admiral ; Colonel TERROTT, - commanding ,the Artillery and the Gar' rison. About ten o'clock, his Royal Highnes 9 .' at ...tended by Colonel 13LooMPIELD and rhos: of the above Officers, proceeded to the Jock-yard, and saw the embarkation of his regiment. His RoY a l , Highness dined with the Lieutenant-Governor, wh at the same time entertainc,4t large party of Genera/ and Staff Officers, and the Officers of the first sion of the, Prince's regiment: We are informed of a circumstance which refle Bs a lasting honour on ;the subjects of will I ) ° ,. remembered that' Captain SHIP,LEY, of his Majesty '' Ship La . .IVoiplie e was. killed the Tagus, whe n gallantly boarding a French ,Corvette. He o'a s picked up by the French at Lisbon :—the Russia ° Admiral SIKAVIN, hea'ill4 at [re CICCUtII4 I %“ ICC ' begged to have the body. ; widen revest was grant ed to him, and he buried the rernai,,s of thai, and excellent Qrficer, with every ceremony due "), his rank, and.with all theliotiatits of «:al-' l . Mrs. JORDAN haS.be:n taken ill, 'and ,The 11 " 11 Moon was . therefor,: :v.nremented at' D, - ury-lan e Theatre instead of TIN Inconstant . . ELLii-ros en tered as the Duke in the last 'Scene., with a in his hand, for no s conceivable reason but that these are martial tirnes • In. consequence of 'some fireworks ;o discharged by some wanton bOys last week 0 '-- n rh a s ton,. a horse took fright, and 'Miss HENWoon Was thrown from a whiskey with inch a force as to frac ture her skull, and leave hardly any hopes of her r covers. _h a ving been i